Uganda Parliament passes the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which includes taxes of 1% on mobile money transactions, 200 Shillings per day for "over the top" Internet usage such as for popular apps as WhatsApp, Viber and Skype, among other taxes which are imposed specifically on telecommunications services and mobile money transactions and not on bank transfers.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) released guidelines on how it intends to treat inquiries from ICO (initial coin offering) organizers and its categorization of offerings (which may qualify as a security and be classified as securities) into three distinct but not mutually exclusive types - payment, utility and asset tokens.

G20 members pledged (in a joint declaration) that they would adopt regulations for crypto-assets (which include cryptocurrency) which conform with standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Abu Dhabi Global Market, the financial services regulator, has released guidance which is its approach to regulation of Crypto Asset activities (which includes exchanges, custodians and intermediaries and also initial coin offerings or ICOs) and is collectively referred to as the “Spot Crypto Asset Framework”.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is proposing the establishment of Payment Service Banks and has issued the Exposure Draft Guidelines For Licensing and Regulation of Payment Service Banks in Nigeria for comment and observation.

Malta Digital Innovation Authority. The purpose of the bill is to guide the authoritative body in recognizing and regulating innovative technology arrangements and services. In this bill, "innovative technology arrangements."

Introduces FinTech law to regulate "Fintech Institutions" which include alternative financing and investment activities such as crowdfunding, management of e-money,electronic payments and exchange of virtual assets or cryptocurrency. Option to establish a regulatory sandbox.

An Act to establish the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), which will regulate and develop framework for innovation, such as framework concerning Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), blockchain technologies, smart contracts and the components of its development, including certifying service providers and technology arrangements under the Innovative Technology Arrangements and Services Act..

The Digital Financial Innovation in the Financial Services Sector regulation is an initiative to stimulate innovation in the digital financial services ecosystem such as through crowdfunding, settlements, investment management, insurance and other categories that fall under the purview of the regulator, the OJK, which covers registration of companies as digital financial innovation operators (inovasi keuangan digital or 'IKD') who become eligible to apply to the OJK regulatory sandbox.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Circular bans all entities under the purview of the RBI from dealing in virtual currencies or provide services for facilitating any person or entity in dealing with or settling virtual currencies.

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